Haunting Indeed

Matt Chandler, pastor of a multi-site church, expresses some reservations in these words:

“Yet we still have some serious concerns and questions about the multi-site idea even as we participate in it. The problem that haunts us is a simple one. Where does this idea lead? Where does this end? Twenty years from now are there fifteen preachers in the United States?”

Read the whole 9 Marks issue on Multi-site churches here.

I Am Not a Paid Professional Actor

But I have to tell you about my new favorite restaurant. Cravings on Wright St. just north of Green. Every imaginable Asian dish. And Asia is a big place. You could have lunch there every week for the rest of your life and still not try everything.

Freedom!

Save yourself from yourself.

ht:Uncle Dan

Clock Radio Revival

After the first smack of the snooze bar, the radio came on again at 5:36am. This song was just beginning. I’d heard snippets of it many times in the car, but never taken it all in. This was a great way to wake up on on this fifth Monday in Lent.

Verse 1:
F                                               Bb
My heart is restless in me My wings are all worn out
Dm                                                  Bb
I’m walking in the wilderness And I cannot get out
C                                               Dm          Bb
I need You, Oh, I need You Blessed Savior come
C                                                 Bb                    C
I need You, Oh, I need You Fill the every longing of my soul

F                                               C
Oh, how I need You, Lord I need Your perfect Word
Dm                                               Bb          Dm C
With tearful eyes to see The sin that I afford
F                                           C
I need to weep and pray For all the thousand ways
Dm                                               Bb    Dm C
That I have failed You just today

Verse 2:
F                                                        Bb
My bed is soaked with sadness My sadness has no end
Dm                                                  Bb
A downward spiral of despair That I keep falling in
C                                                 Dm                Bb
I need You, Oh, I need You To You my soul shall fly
C                                                 Bb                          C   
I need You, Oh, I need You Yahweh, how I love You more than life

Bridge:
Dm            Bb                     F C Dm               Bb                             F    C
Your silence is like death to me So won’t You hear my desperate plea

Verse 3:
F                                              Bb
Today my soul is soaring Way over mountains high
Dm                                                Bb
Though I can see the valleys They’re all just passing by
C                                               Dm                Bb
It’s not that I am stronger Look at my feeble wings
C                                              Bb                          C
But I’ve been lifted higher Yahweh’s lifted me in His own strength

F                                             C
Oh, how I love You, Lord I love Your perfect Word
Dm                                             Bb                         C
With tearful eyes to see The God who always will endure
F                                    C
Now I will celebrate For all the thousand ways
Dm                                                           Bb                           C
That You have shown me grace And made my heart in grace to stay
           Bb                            C                                  Bb                          C
You’ve made my heart in grace to stay Lord, make my heart in grace to stay
F                     
I need You, Oh, I need You

Listen here.

Feel Good About Baseball Again

…by reading this Sports Illustrated article on “El Hombre”, Albert Pujols. Best line:

He has constantly denied using steroids. His reasoning has stayed consistent: “I fear God too much to do any stupid thing like that.”

Ash Wednesday

Yesterday was Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday. One last attempt to hold on to the unreal world of fleeting pleasures before Lent confronts us with the reality of our mortality. Dust you are and to dust you will return. One common Mardi Gras accessory? The mask. Today we take off the mask and step out of the shadows and face reality. We’re sinners. We’re weak. We’re dying. We need forgiveness. We need grace. We’re not going to make it on our own.

What am I giving up for Lent? With God’s help, I’m going to try to give up defending myself.

Here’s nine more things to consider giving up for Lent.

I wonder, do ya know Him?

I just wrote a few sentences for Sunday’s sermon that actually had a little rhythm. I was reminded of this sermon. O to preach like this! My king is a seven-way king. Listen. (will open and play mp3 – 5mins)

Is This For Real?

Click the pic for the full story.

I wanna grow old like this lady…